The 85th Academy Awards gets underway soon with anticipation growing as news trickles our regarding the nominees and presenters slated to vie for the coveted Oscar. The Academy Awards, informally known as The Oscars, are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This year’s Oscars will feature special appearances by Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Daniel Radcliffe at the upcoming Awards ceremony, the Academy announced in an officialstatement.
“We are quite excited to have Charlize, Chan, Joe and Dan join us on the show,” said telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. “We are happy to feature them as special guests in our [Oscars] production.”
This will be Gordon-Levitt, Radcliffe and Tatum’s first time appearing on the Oscar show. Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her leading role in Monster and received her second nomination for her leading role in “North Country” (2005). She starred in 2012’s “Prometheus” and “Snow White and the Huntsman”. Channing Tatum, who starred in five films of 2012, including “Magic Mike” and the reboot of “21 Jump Street,” will next be seen in “Side Effects,” due out this week, and “White House Down” this summer. Joseph Gordon-Levitt had a very busy year, with roles in “Dark Knight Rises,” “Looper” and the Best Picture nominee “Lincoln.” He most recently starred in “Don Jon’s Addiction,” which he also wrote and directed, and which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last month. Daniel Radcliffe starred as the title character in the “Harry Potter” series, which is the highest grossing film series of all time. In 2012 he starred in “The Woman in Black,” and this year will be seen in “Kill Your Darlings,” “Horns” and “The F Word.” Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Daniel Radcliffe join a stellar list of previously announced Oscar presenters including “The Avengers” cast members Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo; returning 2011 Oscar winners Jean Dujardin, Christopher Plummer, Octavia Spencer and Meryl Streep; co-stars Mark Wahlberg and Ted; and, musical performers including Adele, Norah Jones and Barbra Streisand.
Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center, and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane live on the ABC Television Network.
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